BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday asked party leaders and activists to continue the ongoing blockade until democracy and right to franchise are achieved. The former premier made the directive when a six-member Mohila Dal delegation led by its senior vice…
Bnp joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed said on Monday that the blockade programme of the 20-Party Alliance would continue till the resignation of the Government. Rizvi conveyed the message by issuing a statement. For the last few days…
A number of senior Bnp leaders hinted on Monday that the 20-Party Alliance might end the blockade of transports if they are allowed to hold rally in Dhaka city. Major (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed on Monday night conveyed this message to…
A bench comprising Chief Justice H L Dattu and A K Sikri of the Indian Supreme Court asked India’s central government to inform it about “further steps taken to implement the suggestions” for extending voting rights to non-resident Indians. This…
Divers in the Java Sea have retrieved the cockpit voice recorder from the crashed AirAsia flight QZ8501, say officials. The retrieval comes a day after the first piece of the so-called black box, the flight data recorder, was also found…
Richard Linklater’s coming-of-age film Boyhood has taken the top honours at the Golden Globe Awards. The movie, which took 12 years to make, won best film drama, with Linklater named best director and Patricia Arquette best supporting actress. British actor…
A remarkable photograph of the live birth of a thresher shark has cast light on the lives of these elusive, vulnerable fish. The image, taken during a research dive in 2013 and now published in the journal Coral Reefs, is…
France is mobilising 10,000 troops to boost security after last week’s deadly attacks, and will send thousands of police to protect Jewish schools. Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said troops would be in place from Tuesday evening in sensitive areas.…
Celebrated Bangladeshi cricketer Shakib Al Hasan made history in the world cricket as he emerged as the number one all rounder in all the three formats of cricket — Test, ODI and T20. Shakib is the first cricketer who has…
Voicing deep concern over the current confrontational political situation in the country, Raushon Ershad of Jatiya Party on Monday said there is no alternative to political stability for economic development. In a statement, she urged the political parties to avoid…
BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Monday accused Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Lying in her Suhrawardy Udyan rally speech. Fromer BNP MP Nilufar Chowdhury Minu who saw Khaleda in the evening told jounrliasts, the BNP chief was confined at…
Huge crowds and some 40 world leaders have gathered in Paris for a unity march after 17 people were killed during three days of deadly attacks.
A former Miss Sweden, she was branded a “sex goddess” for her performance in Federico Fellini’s 1960 movie.
Indian cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar is set to play himself in a film being made on his life.
The American SpaceX firm says its experiment to bring part of its Falcon rocket down to a soft landing on a floating sea platform did not work.
A young man was strangulated to death by unknown miscreants at Matipukur village in Sharsha upazila early Monday.
Police recovered four cocktail-like objects from the court building on Monday morning.
The curfew, which was imposed by the local administration in the district town following a clash between Bengalee settlers and indigenous people, has been eased from 12pm to 5pm on Monday.
Immigration police arrested a union parishad chairman in Debhata upazila from Bhomra immigration checkpost on Sunday afternoon.
A housewife allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her room in Samandhakathi village of Sharsha upazila on Sunday night.
A suspected leader of a forest robber gang was allegedly killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and police at Garaikhali Kumkhali Char in Payekgachha upazila early Monday.
Agriculture experts have stressed for enhanced cultivation of zinc-enriched rice to prevent deficiency of vital micro-nutrients like zinc, iron and vitamin-A of the children to ensure their normal growth and increase disease resistant capacity.
Chashi Nazrul Islam who died in the capital on Sunday was laid to eternal rest here on Monday afternoon. He was buried alongside the graves of his parents at the local graveyard of Samashpur village in Srinagar upazila following his…
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed yesterday lambasted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her statement that Khaleda Zia was not confined to her Gulshan office. “What the Prime Minister said today (Monday) at a rally is nothing but…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday called upon the people to put up a resistance against ‘militancy, terrorism and bomb exploders’, and said that her government would do everything to protect their life and property. “I would like to tell…
The Indian government will not interfere in any internal affair of Bangladesh as it depends totally on the government of Bangladesh and its people. Indian External Affairs Ministry’s spokesman Syed Akbaruddin made this comment while speaking at the regular briefing…
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday placed three people, including BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s adviser Shamsuzzaman Dudu, on a five-day remand each in a case filed under the Special Powers Act. Magistrate Mohammad Aminul Islam…
Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha was on Monday appointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh. President Abdul Hamid made the appointment in accordance with the article 95 (1) of the Constitution, an official release said. The Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry issued…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday urged the people as well as party leaders and activists to take to the streets simultaneously to make the ongoing movement a success. General secretary of Dhaka city unit of Mohila Dal Farida Yasmin disclosed…
Indonesian divers have retrieved the flight data recorder of crashed AirAsia Flight QZ8501, say officials. They believe they have also located the cockpit voice recorder, the second part of the so-called black box, but divers have not yet managed to…